How Many Socks Make a Pair?
How Many Socks Make a Pair?: Surprisingly Interesting Everyday Maths Rob Eastaway,
Publisher: JR Books Ltd
ISBN: 1906217599
Edition: Hardcover; 2008-09
Summary:
Do you gaze into your washing basket and wonder how long it'll take
to find a pair of socks? Behind this question is a world of maths
that can be creative, surprising and sometimes even beautiful. Using
playing cards, a newspaper, the back of an envelope, a Sudoku, some
pennies and of course a pair of socks, Rob Eastaway shows how maths
can demonstrate its secret beauties in even the most mundane of
everyday objects. Among the many fascinating curiosities in these
pages, you will discover the strange link between limericks and
rabbits, an apparently 'fair' coin game where the odds are massively
in your favour, why tourist boards can't agree on where the centre of
Britain is, and how simple paper folding can lead to a Jurassic Park
monster. With plenty of ideas you'll want to test out for yourself,
this engaging and refreshing look at mathematics is for everyone. If
you already like maths, you'll discover plenty of new surprises. And
if you've never picked up a maths book in your life, this one will
change your view of the subject forever. Rob Eastaway is one of the
UK's leading popularisers of maths. His books include the bestselling
Why do buses come in threes? and Beating the odds. He has written
numerous newspaper and magazine articles, regularly appears on radio
to talk about the maths of everyday life, and has given offbeat maths
talks to audiences of all ages, at venues ranging from The Royal
Institution to Pentonville Prison.
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